Dr. Aviv Ouanounou comes back to speak about depression and anti-depressant medication and the main considerations in treating patients who are taking anti-depressants. Highlights Depression is a common disease that affects the elderly and is the 4th highest cause of disability worldwide. The disease can affect not only the individual diagnosed with depression but, also […]
Dr. Aviv Ouanounou comes back to speak about how to manage patients who suffer from thyroid disease. Highlights Dr. Aviv Ouanounou discusses thyroid disease and its dental implications. The thyroid gland produces two important thyroid hormones, T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronine). The thyroid gland has many important functions including: metabolism, growth and development, cardiovascular effects […]
Dr. Jose Lança, from the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, speaks with Dr. John O’Keefe about the important decisions dentists need to make when treating patients who are on anticoagulants and who need dental surgery: should they, or not, ask the patient to stop taking their anticoagulant […]
In this video, Lisa Mayo, RDH, presents some tips on how to manage the patient with ADHD in the dental practice. Lisa leads a webinar on teh COlgate Oral health Network titled: Why Won’t He Sit Still?…Because He Can’t! You can access the webinar here Lisa Dowst-Mayo, RDH, BSDH graduated Magna Cum Laude […]
Dr. Dan Pompa spoke with Dr. Suham Alexander about a webinar he presents on the Colgate oral Health Network for Professional Development and Education, entitled: Update on Medical Emergencies: 2016. Access the Webinar here After graduating from New York University College of Dentistry in 1978, Dr. Pompa completed a General Practice Residency at Long Island Jewish […]
Dr. Aviv Ouanounou, fron the University of Toronto, comes back to offer tips on how to manage the patient with Parkinson’s disease in the dental office. Highlights Parkinson’s disease is a progressive and degenerative neurological disorder characterized by: bradykinesia, tremors, rigidity and postural stability. This disease affects ~2 million people in the United States […]
This post was prepared by Drs. Aviv Ouanounou and Suham Alexander Diabetes occurs in approximately 6-15% of the general population and typically, in those over the age of 45 years. Up to 25-30% of the adult population over 65 years is diagnosed with some form of diabetes. Diabetes is the 6th most common cause […]
With this case presentation, Dr. David Yang, Oral Surgeon, speaks about managing cancer in private practice. This is phase 1 of the presentation where Dr. Yang presents the case and asks for your opinion on how to best manage this patient and how you would react in such a situation. Dr. David Yang is a speaker at […]